Revitalization Program 'Sold On Hampton' Wins Praise

June 12, 2007|By JIM HODGES Daily Press

HAMPTON

"Sold on Hampton," the city's program of neighborhood rebirth, was the winner of the "physical revitalization/beautification-government entity" category at a recent neighborhoods, USA convention in Baton Rouge, La. The competition came from Grand Junction, Colo., and three Florida cities: Carrollton, Fort Lauderdale and Coral Springs.

But winning was the easy part. The hard part comes next year when the city hosts the gathering in the Hampton Roads Convention Center and has 700 attendees prowling the city's streets.